diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-localaddress.js b/test/parallel/test-https-localaddress.js
index 4bf3835dddbc8c..6c6cac37ccca3b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-https-localaddress.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-localaddress.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const options = {
 
 const server = https.createServer(options, function(req, res) {
   console.log(`Connect from: ${req.connection.remoteAddress}`);
-  assert.strictEqual('127.0.0.2', req.connection.remoteAddress);
+  assert.strictEqual(req.connection.remoteAddress, '127.0.0.2');
 
   req.on('end', function() {
     res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });